Beef / Lamb & Pig Price Tracker

[Estate fencing.]

I’ve another too go!

blue cow, slipped calf a month early (dead and stinking) turned her out now too clean up and then she’s away.
Every cloud has a silver lining and I’ve plenty of heifers too pick from!

I keep finding cull ewes and glad to see them, found 8 yesterday when shearing and pulled them straight out. No second chances any more when I can keep a £70 store lamb kill the fat ewe for £130.

 

[Estate fencing.]

I do like a Indian , not had one since well before covid sh!t .

I do as well, hotter the better vinderloo usually.

 

[Henarar]

I'm going back on what I've said now!

But even if you restrict supply the lamb, fat beast is ultimately going to end up at the slaughterhouse isn't it?

It's not as though we have a alternative market and can sell it for another use.

From that perspective the only way to limit supply is put less to the bull and cull breeding stock.

yep and we are all just waiting for all the other farmers to do just that

 

[Hilly]

I do as well, hotter the better vinderloo usually.

I prefer madras , vindaloo makes me sweat when eating and gives me the skitter if not had one in ages .

 

[Hilly]

yep and we are all just waiting for all the other farmers to do just that

Im not waiting for anyone to do anything and id say the amount of cull cows getting
Marketed i dont think anyone elses is either .

 

[Henarar]

Im not waiting for anyone to do anything and id say the amount of cull cows getting
Marketed i dont think anyone elses is either .

so are you culling out good cows that you would normally keep ?

 

[Chae1]

yep and we are all just waiting for all the other farmers to do just that

% agree.

Thing is those on low input less intensive systems are going to weather this better than us.

There not relying on fertiliser to grow grass and concentrates to put kg on.

 

[Chae1]

And the trade of culls never a better time than now !!

Averaged 1600 for 9 cull cows on Thursday!

Some were still gaining 2kg/day. But they were eating a lot of barley at over £300/t so better down the road

 

[Henarar]

% agree.

Thing is those on low input less intensive systems are going to weather this better than us.

There not relying on fertiliser to grow grass and concentrates to put kg on.

keep your voice down talk of not using such things is strictly forbidden

 

[Plain steer]

I do as well, hotter the better vinderloo usually.

Johnny cash,s ring of fire comes to mind

 

[Al R]

% agree.

Thing is those on low input less intensive systems are going to weather this better than us.

There not relying on fertiliser to grow grass and concentrates to put kg on.

Organic on half the stock here and the conventional stock are spread thinner to save on fert, it was cheaper to rent land than put fert on this year. To be fair that land was half promised anyway.

Lowish input but rent is near 6 figures

 

[Gedd]

I do like a Indian , not had one since well before covid sh!t .

Much rather have an english dont care for anything hot and spicy (foodwise anyway)

 

[Henarar]

Much rather have an english dont care for anything hot and spicy (foodwise anyway)

So what do you like hot and spicy?

 

[Hfd Cattle]

It must be nice to be as financially well off as you are….unfortunately and unashamedly we need to sell on a regular basis as the invoices don’t stop appearing in the letterbox

Like I have always said ....the livestock create the bills so the livestock have to pay the bills !

However I'm not sure that I would like to be in the position that I have to sell just to pay the bills when the stock isn't quite ready to be sold . .....but we are in exceptional times ATM.

 

[muleman]

yes you can't keep buying dear and selling cheap indefinitely, so lets have an alternative ? we seem to have ruled out not selling so what ? it seems clear that something needs to be done about putting selling prices up or lowering the cost of inputs, any ideas anyone ?

Your being very greedy, you dont need selling prices up,your very well off, making a lot of money yet your still not happy!

 

[Hfd Cattle]

.....on the haulage side ...a friend of mine runs artics with a quarry contract . Went to them about the fuel price increase and they said ..."don't worry ..plenty others will do it !"

 

[Henarar]

Your being very greedy, you dont need selling prices up,your very well off, making a lot of money yet your still not happy!

Is it any good for anyone to "need" selling prices up ? What good will that do, will they rise just because I/we need ?

As for the rest of it yes in comparison to a lot of folk I am very well off and grateful for it, still less well off financially than a lot on here I wouldn't mind betting

 

[Henarar]

.....on the haulage side ...a friend of mine runs artics with a quarry contract . Went to them about the fuel price increase and they said ..."don't worry ..plenty others will do it !"

Like farmers selling livestock, plenty will do it

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Like I have always said ....the livestock create the bills so the livestock have to pay the bills !

However I'm not sure that I would like to be in the position that I have to sell just to pay the bills when the stock isn't quite ready to be sold . .....but we are in exceptional times ATM.

Nothing will leave here unless it’s finished properly

 

[J 1177]

One of the best baler /combine men has retired

Aye JB